What to coat brushed/polished/bare steel with on a bike?

[skidMark]

You trying to make it lighter so its not so hard to push it home?

[Paul in NZ]

There is a sweet rat rod in CHCH that's bare steel with a flat clear coat on it. Seriously badarse.

One of the new Screaming Eagle Harleys has a clear coated part steel finish - you can see the sanding marks in the steel before it transforms to the paint.

The finish on those bikes is just amazing - the steel is swirled like a flame job under the clear coat. Without a doubt it is the BEST looking paint job I've seen, I was gobsmacked!

I was thinking a Triumph tank with the effect in the scollops - cor (drool)

[Motu]

The bare steel look is really interesting on a brazed frame,looks not so good an a MIG frame.There were a couple at the Puke classic meeting with bare frames....nice to see where the brass is.

[Dodgyiti]

The finish on those bikes is just amazing - the steel is swirled like a flame job under the clear coat. Without a doubt it is the BEST looking paint job I've seen, I was gobsmacked!

I was thinking a Triumph tank with the effect in the scollops - cor (drool)

Nice idea!
graphics and bare steel

[Conquiztador]

No worries

Got a bike in mind for the project?

Yep. Picked up a K100 that already has the big 4cyl alloy motor as a focal point. The tank is also quite big. A few changes to the bike (mainly cosmetical like backend and lights/faering etc) and she is a perfect candidate.

I have this German WW2 steel fighter plane look I want to create but in a bike. I always loved the thought of death travelling with the sun glimmering in the unpainted steel. You can not but admire the artistic side as it noisily arrives. And then bedlam as the killing starts.

Here: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/gr...scussionid=442

[Renegade]

as an ex powder coater i would advise against this, standard clear is designed for interior finishes but there is an anti-graffiti clear that is much tougher, suitable for outside and a higher bake temp.

Problem is if it chips water gets up under the coating, starts to go milky in appearance and eventually lift, and its a real mission to get off but can me touch re-coated, BUT baking = complete frame strip.

I would stand by the the POR15 products, have used the gloss back on chassis and its tough, literally smash the chassis with a hammer and no damage, ive done it.

my 2c.

[CookMySock]

The marine industry just thrives on that Nyalic stuff. Almost every second marine aluminium product comes out with it on, and nothing is harder to coat than aluminium, and nothing is worse to deal with long-term than sea water. Comes in a 340ml spray can too. Looks like there is a strict procedure to put it on.

I've never tried it.

Steve